As a racer, Mat is an Isle of Man TT winner and lap record holder. As a scribbler, he’s been at it since the late 1980s and has written acclaimed biographies of Valentino Rossi and Mick Doohan – plus he’s an award-winning commentator too.
Over the past decade MotoGP’s crash rate has more than doubled. Here are a few theories why… You probably remember the 2006 MotoGP world championship: it was arguably the best…
The Qatar weekend marked the passing of Sandy Rainey, the man who gave us one of the sport’s all-time greats. Wayne Rainey’s first bike – a highly modified Honda step-thru…
The subject of winglets, or strakes, or whatever you want to call the infernal contraptions, was a big talking point in the Qatari desert. Several riders including Valentino Rossi, Dani…
Why discretion may be the better part of valour during the 2016 MotoGP season This year’s MotoGP world championship will probably be won by the rider who crashes out of…
Frank Perris was a star of the early days of GP racing. Now, on the eve of the 68th season of GP racing, it’s time to pay tribute Frank Perris…
MotoGP’s Spanish rights holder has done some great things and some not-so-great things during its 25 years in charge This year Dorna celebrates 25 years as lord and master of…
Are Ducati’s MotoGP winglets a good idea? Many think not. Which is why they may soon be banned. Motorcycle racing exists for various reasons, but primarily because people want to…
The nine-time champion hasn’t just changed his riding style to stay on top; he’s changed his whole lifestyle I watched Easy Rider on the plane home from Sepang and thought…
The balance of MotoGP is set for a dramatic change as the bias moves from the front of the bike to the rear Next week MotoGP undergoes its biggest technical…
Yamaha has launched its 2016 factory team and hostilities between its riders are already fizzing I don’t usually do team launches. They are the exact opposite of racing: totally safe…
Last year MotoGP suffered its saddest loss since the death of Marco Simoncelli in 2011. Talented racer and genius engineer Warren Willing passed away on September 5 following a long…
Our fourth and final Hall of Fame blog looks at Oxley’s own top-three all-time greats It is a foolish and impossible task, of course, but that’s no reason not to…